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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2014Peru, Colombia, Brazil, South America
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Brazil, South America
A large number of governance interventions are being developed in order to reduce deforestation and enhance the sustainability of commodity
supply chains across the tropics. The extent to which individual agricultural commodity supply chain interventions can achieve scale, and
environmental or social objectives, depends in part on the ways in which those interventions interact with other interventions. We use a casestudy
of the new Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) cattle certification program in Brazil to explore the different ways in which governance
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchJuly, 2014Brazil, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Africa, Eastern Africa, Central America, South America, Oceania
In the absence of clear international policy signals and strong global agreements on climate change and sustainable agriculture, countries are moving forward to test sustainability strategies through innovative policies and financing programmes. This paper explores how three countries – Brazil, Ethiopia, and New Zealand – are using integrated policy approaches to address the linked challenges of climate change, unsustainable agriculture, and food insecurity.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsApril, 2017Brazil, Central America, South America
Key Messages
• A governance approach, combining public policy and private initiatives was effective in slowing down deforestation, but
was unable to support a transition to more sustainable production systems.
• New technical intensification models must be identified for low-productivity systems in degraded lands, adapted to the
biophysical and sociotechnical conditions of the Amazonian landscapes.
• Multiple constraints inhibit progress toward sustainable intensification of cattle ranching, and reversing them requires that
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